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LearnerEnglish Posted 10 years ago
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Facetious
Hello everyone,
-I don't share a facetious relationship with you that you can make such comments.
-I don't have a facetious relationship with you that you can make such comments.
Do the above 2 sentences sound OK to native speakers? If not, can you please tell me how would you say it?
Thanks.
-I don't share a facetious relationship with you that you can make such comments.
-I don't have a facetious relationship with you that you can make such comments.
Do the above 2 sentences sound OK to native speakers? If not, can you please tell me how would you say it?
Thanks.
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LearnerEnglish Do the above 2 sentences sound OK to native speakers? No. LearnerEnglish how would you say it?
- LearnerEnglish Do the above 2 sentences sound OK to native speakers?
- No.
- LearnerEnglish how would you say it?
- I cannot, because I don't know what you think 'facetious' means: it is certainly wrong there.
- Could you explain more?
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LearnerEnglishDo the above 2 sentences sound OK to native speakers?No.
LearnerEnglish how would you say it?I cannot, because I don't know what you think 'facetious' means: it is certainly wrong there. Could you explain more?
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Thank you for your response.
What I'm trying to convey here is, Person A is saying something jokingly OR teasingly to Person B when they don't share that kind of friendly relationship. They know each other but they aren't that close.
For example:
Person B did something wrong and got told off by the boss.
Then Person A laughs at him and says something that was c
What I'm trying to convey here is, Person A is saying something jokingly OR teasingly to Person B when they don't share that kind of friendly relationship. They know each other but they aren't that close.
For example:
Person B did something wrong and got told off by the boss.
Then Person A laughs at him and says something that was c
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Well, you have 'facetious' in the wrong part of your sentences, then. I would simply use 'close'.
We don't have such a close relationship that you can make facetious remarks
We don't have such a close relationship that you can make facetious remarks
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Thanks again.
Does it mean that the word Facetious OR Flippant can't be followed by the word relationship?
Also if you don't mind I've one more question from my previous thread.
'He hasn’t got a dive in him' - Tony Mowbray (Coventry City Manager)
'He has got a wicked shot on him' - Mick Quinn (Ex-footballer)
Why one has '
Does it mean that the word Facetious OR Flippant can't be followed by the word relationship?
Also if you don't mind I've one more question from my previous thread.
'He hasn’t got a dive in him' - Tony Mowbray (Coventry City Manager)
'He has got a wicked shot on him' - Mick Quinn (Ex-footballer)
Why one has '
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LearnerEnglishDoes it mean that the word Facetious OR Flippant can't be followed by the word relationship?Yes.
LearnerEnglishWhy one has 'has got in him' and the other has 'has got on him'? In this format (has got in/on someone), when to use 'in' and when 'on'?I don't know anything about that, but I have never heard 'on'.
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